Friday, May 21, 2010

Whats a good way to get into shape for Tennis/Fencing?

I%26#039;ve been running, cycling, and doing standard warm ups like push up, sits up, crunchs, and stuff. I plan to take up tennis in a year or so for my school and take up fencing in college|||Here are the conditioning exercises we do at our fencing club:





First spend about fifteen minutes warming up by jogging, skipping, and %26quot;grapevines%26quot; (running sideways alternating the trailing foot passing the leading foot in front then behind). Stretch the legs by walking and every third step reach down and touch the toes of the leading foot.





%26quot;Roach stomping%26quot; (rapid jumping from one foot to the other) (15 sec)





While roach stomping, alternately squat and touch the ground then leap up as high as you can. Keep roach stomping. (25 times)





Ten each of four types of push-ups: clapping, normal, wide, and hands together (%26quot;diamonds%26quot; or %26quot;triangles%26quot;).





Regular crunches (10), then ten %26quot;death%26quot; crunches (don%26#039;t let your shoulders or legs touch the floor).





%26quot;Suicide%26quot; footwork - as fast as you can do one advance and retreat, two advances and retreats, three, etc. until you get to ten advances and ten retreats, then do one retreat and one advance, two each, etc.until you get to ten retreats and advances.





Leg lifts (5) hold for a 4-count.





Wall sits (put your back to the wall with your legs bent like you%26#039;re sitting in a chair). Hold for one minute, repeat five times.





Lunges. recover back (50)|||keep working out, and gradually increase the intensity.

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